Sciensano performs biological analyses for identification of pathogens in animals.
How to request a veterinary analysis?
- Fill in the request form
- Prepare your shipment. A package must contain:
- A paper copy of the request form
- correctly identified samples with sturdy and watertight packaging. Highly virulent pathogenic agents require special packaging!
- Send your package to the address indicated on the request form.
Samples which don’t comply with transport regulation will be destroyed.
The turnaround time only includes the maximum number of working days required for the laboratory analyses. Administrative processing (1 to 2 working days) is not included.
| Species | Disease | Analysis name | Material(s) | Accreditation | Turnaround time (in days) | Analysis performed on | Price | Contact person(s) | URL to form(s) |
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| Toxo MAT | Human Samples, Veterinary Samples | No | 10 | On request | Contact Food Pathogens, bavo.verhaegen@sciensano.be |
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| PFGE | No | 35 | On request | Contact Food Pathogens, florence.crombe@sciensano.be, sarah.denayer@sciensano.be |
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| Avian thyphoid Salmonellosis | Rapid agglutination Pullorose | Lyophilized serum, Serum | No | 5 | Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday | 1.30 € | cecile.boland@sciensano.be, Pierre.Wattiau@sciensano.be |
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| Botulism | Detection of botulinum toxins | animal sample | No | 10 | 124.80 € | Contact Food Pathogens, | |||
| Botulism | Detection of C. botulinum (in vivo reference method) | animal sample | No | 15 | 234.10 € | Contact Food Pathogens, laurence.delbrassinne@sciensano.be, sarah.denayer@sciensano.be | |||
| Botulism | Detection of neurotoxigenic Clostridium botulinum and related (realtime PCR) | animal sample | No | 15 | 234.10 € | Contact Food Pathogens, laurence.delbrassinne@sciensano.be, sarah.denayer@sciensano.be | |||
| Campylobacteriosis | Campylobacter ID | Strains |
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5 | 26.00 € | Contact Food Pathogens, florence.crombe@sciensano.be, sarah.denayer@sciensano.be | |||
| Campylobacteriosis | MIC Campylobacter | Strains |
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Not applicable | 41.60 € | Contact Food Pathogens, cristina.garcia-graells@sciensano.be | |||
| Campylobacteriosis | Detection Campylobacter | faeces |
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9 | 43.70 € | Contact Food Pathogens, florence.crombe@sciensano.be, sarah.denayer@sciensano.be | |||
| Chlamydiosis | PCR Chlamydophila abortus | Abomasum, Abomasum contents, After-birth, Biological material, Bronchial rince, Cotyledon, Fetus, Heart, Kidney, Liver, Master Seed Virus, Nasal swab, Organ, Pancreas, Spleen, Swab, Vaginal swab | No | 5 | Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday | 44.20 € | david.fretin@sciensano.be, marcella.mori@sciensano.be |
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| Clostridium | MIC C. perfringens | Strains | No | 40 | 50.00 € | Contact Food Pathogens, cristina.garcia-graells@sciensano.be | |||
| Clostridium | Toxinotype of C. perfringens (realtime PCR) | Strains, Veterinary Samples | No | 15 | 156.00 € | Contact Food Pathogens, laurence.delbrassinne@sciensano.be, sarah.denayer@sciensano.be | |||
| Clostridium | Isolation and identification Clostridium spp. | Bacterial strain, Bone meal, Chicken droppings, Crop contents, End product, Feces, Fertlizer, Fischmeal, Food, Intestine, Jejunum, Kitchen waste, Liver, Meal, Meat meal, Mud, Pellet, Pool organs, Raw material, Seed, Treated feces, Water | No | 1 | Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday | 26.80 € | cecile.boland@sciensano.be, Pierre.Wattiau@sciensano.be |
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| Clostridium chauvoei | Isolation and identification Clostridium chauvoei | End product, Fertlizer, Intestine, Kidney, Liver, Mud, Raw material, Seed, Spleen, Water | No | 1 | Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday | 26.80 € | cecile.boland@sciensano.be, Pierre.Wattiau@sciensano.be |
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| Colibacillosis | Serotyping E.coli | Bacterial strain | No | 5 | Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday | 13.70 € | cecile.boland@sciensano.be, Pierre.Wattiau@sciensano.be |
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| Colibacillosis | Antibiotics sensitivity test ESBl (2nd pannel) |
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15 | Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday | 0.00 € | cecile.boland@sciensano.be, Pierre.Wattiau@sciensano.be |
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| Contagious epidymitis | Complement fixation test Brucella ovis | Serum | No | 5 | Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday | 21.80 € | david.fretin@sciensano.be, marcella.mori@sciensano.be |
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| E. coli | ESBL PCR ID | Strains |
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Not applicable | 62.40 € | Contact Food Pathogens, cristina.garcia-graells@sciensano.be | |||
| E. coli | detection ESBL | animal sample | No | 8 | 52.00 € | Contact Food Pathogens, florence.crombe@sciensano.be, sarah.denayer@sciensano.be | |||
| E. coli | sequencing AmpC | Strains |
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Not applicable | 132.00 € | Contact Food Pathogens, florence.crombe@sciensano.be, sarah.denayer@sciensano.be | |||
| E. coli | AmpC ID | Strains |
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35 | 41.60 € | Contact Food Pathogens, cristina.garcia-graells@sciensano.be | |||
| E. coli | sequencing ESBL | Strains |
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Not applicable | 132.00 € | Contact Food Pathogens, florence.crombe@sciensano.be, sarah.denayer@sciensano.be | |||
| E. coli | MIC E.coli ESBL | Strains |
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Not applicable | 38.76 € | Contact Food Pathogens, cristina.garcia-graells@sciensano.be | |||
| E. coli | detection E. coli ESBL EU | faeces |
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8 | 52.00 € | Contact Food Pathogens, florence.crombe@sciensano.be, sarah.denayer@sciensano.be | |||
| E. coli | MIC E. coli | Strains |
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Not applicable | 37.50 € | Contact Food Pathogens, cristina.garcia-graells@sciensano.be | |||
| Electron microscopy | Negative staining | No | 100 | Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday | 60.30 € |
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| Electron microscopy | Ultrafine sections | No | 100 | Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday | 120.30 € |
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| Enterococci | Isolation Enterococcus | Agar plate, End product, Fertlizer | No | 2 | Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday | 11.80 € | cecile.boland@sciensano.be, Pierre.Wattiau@sciensano.be |
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| Flavivirus | Detection of Flavivirus RNA by qPCR | Blood/CSF | No | 7 | 57.00 € | vanessa.suin@sciensano.be |
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| General bacteriology | Anaerobia identification | Fetus, Ganglia, Jejunum, Lumpy Skin OBP, Lung, Nasal discharge, Nasal swab, Puncture fluid, Spleen, Swab | No | 1 | Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday | 16.40 € | cecile.boland@sciensano.be, Pierre.Wattiau@sciensano.be |
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| General bacteriology | Anaerobia isolation | Brain, Fetus, Ganglia, Jejunum, Kidney, Lung, Nasal discharge, Nasal swab, Puncture fluid, Spleen, Swab | No | 1 | Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday | 13.20 € | cecile.boland@sciensano.be, Pierre.Wattiau@sciensano.be |
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| Haemorrhagic viral disease | Hemagglutination (serologie Rabbit Haemorrhagic Disease) | No | 1 | Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday | 82.00 € | cecile.boland@sciensano.be, Pierre.Wattiau@sciensano.be |
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| Hepatitis | HEV virus detection by qPCR | Serum | No | 14 | On request | vanessa.suin@sciensano.be |
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| Hepatitis | Genotyping of HEV virus | Serum | No | 30 | On request | vanessa.suin@sciensano.be |
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| Infectious diseases (haemadsorbant virus, cythopathogenic virus) | Presence of virus | Stimufol | No | 4 | Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday | 0.00 € |
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| Listeriosis | Bacterial identification | Strains |
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10 | 38.00 € | wesley.mattheus@sciensano.be | |||
| Listeriosis | Antimicrobial susceptibility | Strains |
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15 | 60.00 € | wesley.mattheus@sciensano.be | |||
| Listeriosis | Pulsed field Gel electrophoresis | Strains |
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20 | 50.00 € | wesley.mattheus@sciensano.be | |||
| Listeriosis | Serology Listeria | Serum | No | 7 | 62.40 € | caroline.rodeghiero@sciensano.be, Isabelle.Desombere@sciensano.be | |||
| Listeriosis | Serotyping by slide agglutination | Strains |
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10 | 31.20 € | wesley.mattheus@sciensano.be | |||
| Listeriosis | PCR identification and serotyping | Strains | No | 10 | 100.00 € | wesley.mattheus@sciensano.be | |||
| Lyssavirus | Lyssavirus species sequencing | Nervous tissue/CSF/saliva | No | 15 | 57.00 € | Sanne.Terryn@sciensano.be | |||
| Methicillin resistant staph. aureus | Identification PCR MRSA | Bacterial strain, Pool maximum 20 nasal swabs | No | 2 | Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday | 0.00 € | cecile.boland@sciensano.be, Pierre.Wattiau@sciensano.be |
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| Methicillin resistant staph. aureus | Spa-typing MRSA | No | 2 | Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday | 0.00 € | cecile.boland@sciensano.be, Pierre.Wattiau@sciensano.be |
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| Methicillin resistant staph. aureus | Antibiotics sensitivity test MRSA | Bacterial strain |
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3 | Monday, Tuesday | 49.20 € | cecile.boland@sciensano.be, Pierre.Wattiau@sciensano.be |
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| Methicillin resistant staph. aureus | MLST MRSA | No | 2 | Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday | 670.30 € | cecile.boland@sciensano.be, Pierre.Wattiau@sciensano.be |
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| Methicillin resistant staph. aureus | PCR 398 MRSA | No | 2 | Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday | 0.00 € | cecile.boland@sciensano.be, Pierre.Wattiau@sciensano.be |
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| Mold | Identification of yeasts and moulds | strain | No | 20 | 1 marqueur / 1 merker = 124 € séquence complémentaire / bijkomende merker = 32 € | Dirk Stubbe, |
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| Mold | Isolation Fungi | Crusts, Feces, Hair, Liver, Milk, Pool organs | No | 1 | Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday | 16.40 € | cecile.boland@sciensano.be, Pierre.Wattiau@sciensano.be |
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| Mold | Identification of yeasts and moulds with MALDI-TOF MS | strain | No | 10 | 62 € | Dirk Stubbe, |
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